Prevention Strategies
Ten agencies, including CDC and the World Health Organization (WHO), with a long history of mobilizing a consistent, evidence-based approach to preventing violence against children and youth, collaborated to develop INSPIRE: Seven Strategies for Ending Violence Against Children.external icon
INSPIRE is a suite of tools for anyone committed to addressing and preventing violence against children and youth. The INSPIRE suite of tools includes the technical package, which describes the INSPIRE strategies and interventions, a handbookexternal icon that provides details on how to implement the interventions, and a set of indicators from the companion INSPIRE indicator guidance external iconto measure the effects of INSPIRE.
The INSPIRE seven strategies are listed in the table below.
INSPIRE Strategies to Prevent Violence Against Children and Youth |
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Strategy | Approach |
Implementation and enforcement of laws |
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Norms and Values |
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Safe Environments |
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Parent and caregiver support |
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Income and economic strengthening |
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Response and support services |
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Education and life skills |
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See Violence Against Children and Youth Surveys Resources for publications about strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect.